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Workspace Storage Copy Data Management
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Created on Nov 15, 2026

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Defense Spare Parts Pool Loss And Accountability Register

PROBLEM: The Government Accountability Office reported in May 2023 that the Department of Defense did not independently account for F-35 spare parts held in the global spares pool at non-prime-contractor facilities, and that one F-35 prime contractor had incurred losses of more than 1 million spare parts worth more than $85 million from May 2018 through October 2022, with no independent government record of what was held where.

SOLUTION: A Storage Copy Data Management register that records, for each spare part in a shared pool, its location, custodian, quantity, value, and last independent count, flagging parts with no independent count in the current period and any loss above a set threshold for investigation.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — U.S. Government Accountability Office, May 2023: DoD did not independently account for F-35 spare parts in the global spares pool; one prime contractor lost more than 1 million spare parts worth more than $85 million (May 2018–October 2022).

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